As its working title (Joy Fuck Club) suggests, Adele Lim’s road-trip comedy is an unapologetically bold, brash raunchfest. Following four Asian-American pals as they cut loose in China, Joy Ride is keen to prove that cinema’s marginalised groups can be as wild, gross, and playful as the brawling bros of The Hangover or Pineapple Express.
Ambitious lawyer and transracial adoptee Audrey (Ashley Park) finds her Beijing business trip quickly skidding into a frenzied friends’ getaway with her mouthy BFF Lolo (a caustic Sherry Cola), loner K-pop fan Deadeye (Sabrina Wu), and college-buddy-turned-Chinese-soap-star Kat (Stephanie Hsu).
